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Subject:Acid Loops
Posted by: Devin
Date:3/17/1999 7:06:11 PM
I have recently downloaded the ACID demo and tried to start learning how everything works. But I just can't seem to find any loops that are playable. I tried looking in the quick start menu under Finding Loops in the Media Explorer but all that comes out of a file entitled Record Take 1.wav is static. I really want to get started with this program so I hope someone can offer me an answer. Thx Devin |
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Subject:Re: Acid Loops
Reply by: ethen
Date:3/18/1999 3:41:15 AM
Devin wrote: >>I have recently downloaded the ACID demo and tried to start learning >>how everything works. But I just >>can't seem to find any loops that are playable. I tried looking in >>the quick start menu under Finding >>Loops in the Media Explorer but all that comes out of a file entitled >>Record Take 1.wav is static. I >>really want to get started with this program so I hope someone can >>offer me an answer. >>Thx >>Devin >> as far as i know i had to buy the cd inorder to get the loops because there are to many to store on ones hard drive anyways. plus just get your own because ACIDS loops are so bad theyll make you feel like your in the 80's your a pimp and your in a really bad cheesy techno rave...BUT if you get a bunch of wav's and you still here static well then im sorry to say your gonna need a new sound card bub!! |
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Subject:Re: Acid Loops
Date:3/18/1999 5:00:14 AM
>as far as i know i had to buy the cd inorder to get the >loops because there are to many to store on ones hard drive >anyways. plus just get your own because ACIDS loops are so >bad theyll make you feel like your in the 80's your a pimp >and your in a really bad cheesy techno rave...BUT if you >get a bunch of wav's and you still here static well then im >sorry to say your gonna need a new sound card bub!! Dude, you are far off base. ACID's loops are great material. Those loops that come bundled with the product are better than many collections that cost $$$. It's your studio technique that's suffering. No software product is a magic wand. You need technique, taste, and good ears to manipulate raw material into great sounding work. You have to learn to use effects, editors, and mixing tools. None of this comes easy. Making your own loops is also very important to getting a good sound, but that's beside the point. I guarantee you I can take a bunch of loops from that ACID disc, and blow your mind with them...and you'd never be able to recognize them in the tune, even if you A/B'd the loops and the tune. I'm not trying to rag you, I'm just suggesting that you might dig a little deeper into the technical aspect of music production. You won't be capable of producing anything beyond simple remixes, otherwise, and ACID can do much more than that. -- Bruce A. Richardson Purple Iguana Productions bandmaster@sprynet.com |
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Subject:Re: Acid Loops
Date:3/18/1999 5:03:32 AM
Loops come bundled with the various ACID product discs, and also are available from Sonic Foundry and other third-party developers. I think there are some DEMO tunes on the website that might put a few loops on your machine. Any wave file can be cut into a loop. ACID is the most powerful loop composing tool there is. Don't even think twice about buying it. It has paid for itself one hundred times since I started using it. -- Bruce A. Richardson Purple Iguana Productions bandmaster@sprynet.com Devin wrote in message ... >I have recently downloaded the ACID demo and tried to start learning how everything works. But I just >can't seem to find any loops that are playable |
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Subject:Re: Acid Loops
Reply by: Benny
Date:8/2/1999 6:51:00 PM
Bruce: You stole my thunder but you put it quite nicely! ACID's loops are GREAT material to work with. It is an art to properly compose a song. You don't just turn on your computer and throw in some loops and "viola" a masterpeice. If it was that easy I would want nothing to do with it. Rob Bruce A. Richardson wrote: >>>as far as i know i had to buy the cd inorder to get the >>>loops because there are to many to store on ones hard drive >>>anyways. plus just get your own because ACIDS loops are so >>>bad theyll make you feel like your in the 80's your a pimp >>>and your in a really bad cheesy techno rave...BUT if you >>>get a bunch of wav's and you still here static well then im >>>sorry to say your gonna need a new sound card bub!! >> >>Dude, you are far off base. ACID's loops are great material. Those >>loops >>that come bundled with the product are better than many collections >>that >>cost $$$. >> >>It's your studio technique that's suffering. No software product is >>a magic >>wand. You need technique, taste, and good ears to manipulate raw >>material >>into great sounding work. You have to learn to use effects, editors, >>and >>mixing tools. None of this comes easy. >> >>Making your own loops is also very important to getting a good sound, >>but >>that's beside the point. I guarantee you I can take a bunch of loops >>from >>that ACID disc, and blow your mind with them...and you'd never be >>able to >>recognize them in the tune, even if you A/B'd the loops and the >>tune. >> >>I'm not trying to rag you, I'm just suggesting that you might dig a >>little >>deeper into the technical aspect of music production. You won't be >>capable >>of producing anything beyond simple remixes, otherwise, and ACID can >>do much >>more than that. >> >>-- >>Bruce A. Richardson >>Purple Iguana Productions >>bandmaster@sprynet.com >> >> >> >> |